Police are searching for whoever stabbed a 33-year-old transgender woman found dead at a burning apartment in Van Nuys Saturday.
The woman, who went by Yazmin Payne, was stabbed in the torso, and police found the weapon she was killed with at the scene, Los Angeles Police Department officials said in a statement.
Firefighters were able to extinguish a small fire in the rear bedroom after forcing their way into the apartment in the 14600 block of Saticoy Street at about 5 a.m. Saturday, police said. They found Payne's body in the kitchen.
Police named a man in his mid-20s, about 5-foot-8 and 150 pounds, as a person of interest in the case, but didn't release his name. He was initially described as Payne's boyfriend in police reports.
They ask anyone with information about the slaying to call 818-374-0040 or 818-374-1999.
City News Service contributed to this report.
A woman was rescued from her car after it went over a fence in a hit-and-run collision in South Los Angeles on Sunday morning, authorities said.
Firefighters freed the woman, who was trapped in a home's front yard, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman.
The three-car collision on Century Boulevard between Hoover Steet and Vermont Avenue was reported at 2:30 a.m., police said.
A man who was also driving a car involved in the crash fled the scene and was arrested a block away, police said.
The third driver, another woman, was evaluated by paramedics and not taken to the hospital.
Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.
Novela star and multiplatinum singer Thalia says it was emotional for her to return to Mexico City to record her new album, "Amore Mio."
But she was glad to be back to where she grew up to "sing to my people," she says.
The "Queen of Novelas" discussed the importance of providing tools for children, mothers, and the women who take care of children, which she does as part of her charity work.
"My heart is just (saying) help kids," she said.
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A seven-month arson investigation into a string of fires at Ventura County dental buildings ended in the arrest of a dentist this week.
Leopold Weinstein, 63, was arrested Friday after surveillance video allegedly showed him setting fire to a dental building on January 28, a Ventura County Sheriff's detective said in a statement Saturday.
The investigation began at the same building in June 2014, when flammable liquid was found on the roof of a Camarillo dentist's building in an "obvious" attempt to commit arson, officials said.
Weinstein was arrested after six acts of arson or attempted arson were committed, detectives said. He was identified by citizen who reported his vehicle to investigators when he allegedly saw it near one of the fire locations at an unusual time of day.
Investigators matched the vehicle to one described by another witness in prior incidents, officials said. Ventura County Sheriff's deputies worked with Moorpark, Camarillo and Ventura County fire departments to arrest Weinstein.
He was booked on three counts each of arson and attempted arson charges and possession of a silencer.
Because Weinstein, a Moorpark resident, is a dentist, investigators think he was motivated by money in allegedly setting the fires.
About 300 members of a Riverside church gathered at their fire-ravaged place of worship Sunday morning.
Firefighters put out the 3-alarm fire that gutted Living Word of Riverside church early Sunday morning, officials said.
The fire was reported just after 1 a.m. at the intersection of 11th and Cedar streets at the Living Word Church, Riverside Fire Chief Michael Moore said.
Living Word's congregation sang songs and prayed outside the historic, 1920-era church.
"It hurts to see it but we know that God has something bigger and better for us," Pastor Edgy Gallegos said.
Sunday services were being planned for a convention center, churchgoers said.
The fire began in the attic of the single-story church, Moore said.
Firefighters attacked the fire from the roof, but when the flames grew to be overwhelming, they backed off and upgraded the fire to three alarms, officials said.
No one was inside the church when the fire started, officials said.
The fire was put out just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Moore said. Firefighters were cleaning the church to prevent flare ups and attempting to salvage materials from inside.
Over 40 firefighters with more than 15 firefighting equiptments fought the blaze, officials said.
Fire investigators determined the fire was electrical.
Two men were stabbed in a possibly gang-related attack Saturday night that detectives were investigating as a hate crime, police said.
Nineteen-year-old Louis Vasquez was arrested in a Covina backyard after the stabbings in a shopping center parking lot in the 100 block of North Azusa Avenue, a Covina Police Department statement said. He allegedly fled the scene of the attack through area backyards.
Police are investigating the attack as a hate crime based on what Vasquez allegedly said during the attack and in a follow-up investigation, a Covina police sargeant said.
Two black men were injured in the attack, which took place at about 7:41 p.m. Saturday night, police said.
One, 18, worked at a store in the shopping center and was cut in the shoulder while gathering up shopping carts, police said. The other, 27, was walking toward a business in the center when Vasquez allegeld cut his shoulder and knee.
The attack is suspected to be gang-related as well, police said.
Vasquez was booked on charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, with bail set at $500,000.
Police ask anyone with questions or information about the attack to call 626-384-5612.
Federal investigators are revealing to the NBC4 I-Team the brand-new, high-tech gadgets that identity thieves are using to rip people off at Southern California ATMs and gas stations.
The devices are the latest skimmers, tools that electronically capture a victim's personal information. Global losses from skimming are estimated at more than $2 billion annually, according to a report by the U.S. Secret Service.
It happened to Los Angeles graphic designer Sue Black. She was checking her finances recently when a discrepancy caught her eye.
"All of a sudden, I was like, 'Oh no,'" she said.
There were unrecognizable purchases for hundreds of dollars on her debit card, a card she hadn't lost or reported stolen.
"Identity theft. I never thought it would happen to me," Black said. "And it did."
Police told Black her debit card had been skimmed somewhere — either at her ATM or a gas pump. And the I-Team has learned thieves are coming up with surprising new ways to commit this crime.
"We're seeing things that are made using 3-D technology," U.S. Secret Service agent Steve Scarince told NBC4.
Scarince showed Mac several examples of the latest skimming devices criminals have been attaching to ATMs, gas pumps and grocery store debit card readers.
"This was made from a simple mold, and when the number was captured here, there was another device with a pinhole camera that was capturing your pin as you entered it," Scarince explained, pointing to one of the devices. "Then, using a pinhole camera, they would look down on your key pad and capture your pin."
The I-Team obtained Secret Service surveillance video, which showed how the camera can be mounted inside the molding of an ATM, at an angle customers would never notice.
Scarince also showed NBC4 a gadget that can steal your information at secured, indoor ATM locations that require the swipe of a card to enter.
"They retrofitted this with their own skimming device on the inside," he said. "It's amazing how fast it actually attached to the door slider."
Once they've captured your information, thieves can produce replicas of your debit card in seconds, using cheap card stock and a printer; within minutes, they can start draining your account.
"We've seen people sit at an ATM for 45 to 50 minutes, downloading $40,000 to $50,000 in cash," Scarince said.
Despite wreaking financial havoc on millions of consumers, skimmers often escape tough sentencing because their crime is not violent.
"Kind of our unofficial slogan is 'death by a thousand cuts,'" Scarince said. "We have to arrest you two or three times before it actually sticks."
The damage certainly sticks. About $5,000 was taken from Black's account before she and her bank put a stop to it.
She had a message for the thieves who left her poorer, but wiser:
"I hope you really needed it buddy," she said. "Because I did. I hope you needed it more than I did."
A man has confessed to carrying out the execution-style murder of his co-worker as she waited for the bus last month, police sources tell NBC10.
Randolph Sanders, 36, confessed to the murder of Kim Jones, according to law enforcement sources.
Jones, 56, was shot in the back of the head by Sanders, who was dressed in all black, on the morning of January 13 at 12th and Jefferson Streets, investigators said. Police sources said Sanders stalked the mother-of-two and newlywed before carrying out the crime.
"He's an absolute scumbag, said Jean-Paul Jourden, Jones' son. "That's all I can think about this guy. To shoot a human in broad daylight in front of people and leave her on a corner."
Sanders, who worked with Jones, allegedly confessed to the crime on Sunday. Detectives tracked him down using surveillance video that captured his SUV near the scene, according to sources.
Sources said he was taken into custody on Saturday and questioned overnight.
Both Sanders and Jones worked at Turning Points for Children, a non-profit program that provides parent education and family support services. Jones served as the director of the program while Sanders served under her as the assistant director. Sanders had worked at Turning Points for over two years according to CEO Mike Vogel.
"Through this entire investigation we worked closely with the Philadelphia Police Department and are relieved that they have found her killer, but devastated by the discovery," Vogel said in a released statement.
Sources told NBC10 Sanders believed Jones was planning on reporting to officials that he was misappropriating funds. To save his reputation, Sanders killed her before she could make that report, according to sources.
"Turning Points for Children is working to understand why this tragedy occurred, and fully cooperating with authorities," Vogel said. "Additionally, we will begin conducting our own internal investigation. Since Kim's senseless and tragic death, we have provided grief counselors to all our employees. We will continue to make those services available in light of today's news."
Earlier Sunday, crime scene investigators scoured the shooting scene for new evidence that may have been missed in their initial sweep. It's unclear if anything new had been found. Jourden, meanwhile, is still trying to cope with everything that has happened.
"It will get to the point where I'm just completely happy that the person is caught," he said. "But right now, at this moment, I'm more furious than happy."
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Super Bowl XLIX advertisers spent about $150,000 a second in hopes winning a competition in which talk is anything but cheap. The commercial onslaught cost viewers something even more valuable: their time.
So were the money and time well spent? The Monday morning quarterbacking began with Sunday’s last play in Arizona. Check out our picks for the most buzz-worthy spots from this year’s edition of the biggest game in advertising.
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As a kid, years before he became a pretty good quarterback in his own right, Tom Brady idolized Joe Montana.
Now, at age 37, Brady owns just as many Super Bowl championships — and just as many Super Bowl MVP awards — as the Pro Football Hall of Famer.
And no QB in history has more.
Brady completed 37 of 50 passes for 328 yards with four touchdown passes, each to a different receiver, including an 8-for-8 bit of perfection on the drive that led to the go-ahead score with about 2 minutes left Sunday night.
That performance, and a victory-clinching interception by rookie cornerback Malcolm Butler, lifted the New England Patriots to a 28-24 comeback victory over the defending champion Seattle Seahawks in a Super Bowl with a slow start and a "Whoa!" finish.
This was not Brady at his best throughout. He threw two interceptions, including one deep in Seattle territory in the first quarter, and another in the third that led to points for the Seahawks.
That's part of why the Patriots trailed 24-14 in the fourth quarter, before Brady got the comeback going.
"It wasn't the way we drew it up. Certainly, throwing a couple of picks didn't help," Brady said. "It was a lot of mental toughness. Our team has had it all year. We never doubted each other, so that's what it took. That was a great football team we beat. I'm just so happy for our team."
Sitting in his family's season-ticket seats at San Francisco's Candlestick Park while growing up, Brady would wear a No. 16 jersey, just like Montana, and cheer for his favorite player's team.
Brady did a fairly good impression of Joe Cool against Seattle.
He connected with Danny Amendola for a 4-yard touchdown with about 8 minutes left. That gave Brady 12 TD passes in Super Bowls, breaking Montana's mark. Then, with 2:02 to go, Brady hit Julian Edelman from 3 yards for TD toss No. 13 in Super Bowls — and, more importantly, the lead.
Brady turned to New England's sideline, pointed, then raised his right fist.
Only after Butler grabbed Russell Wilson's pass from the 1-yard line in the final half-minute could Brady really begin to celebrate, leaping up and down on the sideline and embracing coach Bill Belichick.
Now Brady, Montana and Terry Bradshaw of the Pittsburgh Steelers are the only starting quarterbacks to earn four Super Bowl rings.
At the outset of Brady's career after being a sixth-round draft pick, he and Belichick combined to win three championships in a four-year span, in the 2002, 2004 and 2005 Super Bowls. Brady was the MVP in the first two of those.
But Sunday's victory ended a decade title drought, after losses in the big games in 2008 and 2012, both times against the New York Giants.
"Well, it's been a long journey. I've been at it for 15 years and we've had a couple of tough losses in this game," Brady said. "This one came down to the end, and this time, we made the plays."
Leah Still, the four-year-old daughter of Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Devon Still, is continuing her fight against cancer, as her father stands beside her in the battle.
After posting a devastating update on Leah’s condition a few weeks ago via Instagram, Still has not lost hope and continues to make Leah his main priority.
“Football was always my dream,” Still said. “But when you bring a person into this world, and you’re responsible for another life, that has to be your number one priority."
Still and his daughter's story first captured the hearts of the nation last year when the Bengals excused him from activities so he could spend time with his daughter at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The team kept him on the practice squad to start the season even though he was hurt so that he'd keep his medical coverage.
Still has been updating his followers on Leah's condition through his Instagram account. The young girl was admitted Friday, Jan. 20 to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she is currently undergoing her fifth round of chemotherapy.
The father-daughter team is already planning on making their third trip to Disney World following Leah's release from the hospital Wednesday.
“When you have a daughter, it’s a totally different experience,” Still said. “You do anything to put a smile on your child’s face.”
And Still is willing to go to any length to see his daughter happy.
“If me playing with her Barbies – with her Barbie house, puts a smile on her face, then I’ll do it, regardless of what anybody thinks,” Still said.
Leah and her father are currently working on publishing a book called “I am Leah Strong,” to help raise money for pediatric cancer and other children diagnosed with the disease.
"It's just amazing how much a 4-year-old can handle," Still said. "She still has that upbeat spirit. I think that's what keeps the whole family going. We look at her and she shows no signs of weakness. All you see is the strength that she possesses."
Nearly 4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs every year, and one in five bites is serious enough to need medical attention.
Here are five things you can do if you're attacked, based on information from the Centers for Disease Control and animal behavior experts:
A former Stanford University student accused of raping a drunk and unconscious woman on campus pleaded not guilty Monday morning after being charged last week with five felony counts of sexual assault.
This was the first public court appearance for Brock Allen Turner, a three-time All-American high school swimmer from Ohio at the center of a case that has garnered international attention.
Before he entered his plea, the 19-year-old sat, free on $150,000 bail, next to his attorney and father, chewing gum. He answered Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky with simple "yes" answers, acknowledging that he understand the charges being brought against him.
His attorney, Mike Armstrong, had requested that Turner be allowed to stay in Ohio, where the teen had been a swimming champion and now lives with his parents for each of his upcoming court appearances, saying it would be costly to fly back and forth to Palo Alto. Turner dropped out of the elite private university after he was arrested on Jan. 18.
But Persky denied that request and ordered Turner to stay 100 yards away from the woman at the center of the case for one year. Turner was ordered to return to court on March 30.
Neither Turner nor his attorney have given interviews after a frat party where two cyclists told authorities they found the swimmer on top of the woman and called for help.
But according to a report from the Santa Clara County sheriff's office, Turner admitted hooking up with the woman after telling authorities he downed a total of nine beers and whiskey drinks at a party. But he denied raping her, the reports state.
Prosecutors charged Turner with five felony counts: One count of rape of an intoxicated person, one count of rape of an unconscious person, one count of sexual penetration by a foreign object of an intoxicated woman, one count of sexual penetration by a foreign object of an unconscious woman and one count of assault with intent to commit rape. If he is convicted of all counts, Turner faces a maximum prison sentence of 10 years in prison.
Turner told authorities he met the woman at a party on Jan. 17 at the Kappa Alpha house, and they ended up kissing on the ground, according to the sheriff's report. She was just one of "a few girls" he had "hooked up" with that night, he told investigators.
Turner said he took off the woman's underwear, digitally penetrated her and touched her breasts, but never took off his pants and never had sexual intercourse with her, the report said. He said that the woman rubbed his back and seemed to enjoy the activity and that his "intentions were not to try and rape the girl without her consent" but to 'hook up' with a girl," the report said. He also said he had never met her before and probably wouldn't be able to recognize her if he ever saw her again.
But the woman said she can't remember much of anything.
She told police in her statement that she had downed four whiskey shots less than two hours before being dropped off at the Kappa Alpha party by her mother. At the party, she told authorities she had two more vodka shots and "blacked out" after going outside of the house 20 or 30 minutes later with her sister, court documents state. She does not attend Stanford.
Two cyclists, who are graduate students at Stanford, told police they spotted Tuner on top of the woman and tried to stop what they were witnessing. They then chased Turner, who authorities said tried to flee, and held him down.
Peter Lars Jonsson, one of the two men found straddling Turner, told deputies that just before 1 a.m., he and a fellow math PhD student were riding bikes near the Dumpster by the frat house and noticed a man on top of a woman lying on the ground.
Jonsson said it "definitely" looked like the two were having sex and that the woman, whose black dress was pulled up, appeared unconscious and not moving, he told deputies said in the report.
Jonsson told authorities that he had a "weird feeling" about what he was seeing because the woman looked "asleep or unconsious" as he saw the man thrusting on top of her, according to court records.
When Jonsson and his friend went to investigate, Turner saw them, got up slowly off of the woman and began to run away "pretty fast," court documents state. After checking on the woman, Jonsson said he and his friend chased and caught up with Turner after he refused to stop.
Jonsson said he did a "leg sweep" and tripped Turner, who fell to the ground, which is when Jonsson tackled him, court documents state. Jonsson and fellow cyclist, Carl-Fredrik Arndt, restrained him after a struggle until deputies got there, court documents state. Two other men also helped.
When police arrived, the woman was lying unconscious and in a fetal position, partially naked, beneath a pine tree and by a Dumpster between Kappa Alpha and the Jerry House, a student residence, the reports state. A deputy took Turner into custody, adding that he "stumbled slightly" getting into the patrol vehicle but "seemed coherent enough."
Before court on Monday, Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Alaleh Kianerci said she was thankful not only that the cyclists were nearby, but that they took action.
“These types of parties happen all across the country," she told reporters. "Sadly, they often go unreported, or worse, are not able to proceed in these cases. Luckily, for the victim in this case, there were two good Samaritans who were at the right place at the right time and more importantly, they did the right thing. And that’s the message that needs to be sent to the community. Don’t just stand by if you see something inappropriate. If you see something, say something.”
The United Steelworkers Union called for its refinery workers to stage their largest walkout in more 30 years Sunday, saying its negotiations with Shell Oil Co. broke down less than two weeks after they began.
The union asked about 3,800 workers at nine refineries mostly in Texas and California to strike shortly after their previous contract expired after midnight. One of those refineries involved in strike talks is the Tesoro Martinez Refinery in the East Bay.
Negotiations over a new contract started Jan. 21. The call for a strike happened after United Steelworkers, or USW, rejected Shell's fourth contract offer. The union said Shell refused to provide a counter offer and that the company's representatives had left the bargaining table.
"We had no choice but to give notice of a work stoppage,'' USW International President Leo W. Gerard said in a statement.
A Shell representative said in an email that the company remains "committed to resolving our differences with USW at the negotiating table to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement.''
USW Spokeswoman Lynne Hancock said the union wants a three-year contract and is focused on health care costs, safety, the use of contractors and staffing concerns, as well as wages.
United Steelworkers represents about 30,000 workers at refineries, terminals, petrochemical plants and pipelines across the country. Shell is serving as the lead company in national oil bargaining talks with the union.
Any agreement reached between the union and Shell would then be used as a pattern for negotiations involving local unions.
The union called for a strike at the Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, the Shell Deer Park Refinery in Deer Park, Texas, and the Tesoro Carson Refinery in Carson, California, among other locations.
Shell said its Deer Park operation has started strike contingency plans and will continue operations "in the normal course of business.'' It did not elaborate on the plans in a brief statement.
The remaining sites not targeted for a strike will operate under contract extensions that renew every 24 hours until one side in the negotiations decides that they have reached an impasse, Hancock said.
She added that negotiators normally reach an agreement on a new deal by the time these national contracts expire, or they extend the contract a few days to continue negotiations.
"We haven't had a work stoppage like this since 1980,'' she said.
USC officials have spoken with an NFL franchise about the possibility of a team playing at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum while a new football stadium is being built, the university’s athletic director said.
In an exclusive interview on NBC4’s Going Roggin, USC Athletic Director Pat Haden revealed that the school had spoken with at least one NFL team about the move.
Haden said the university is in the process of "evaluating, re-energizing" the Coliseum, and that “maybe an NFL team might help us finance the renovations."
Haden made it clear that if an NFL team moves to southern California, the university would like that team to make the Coliseum their temporary home.
Although Haden nor anyone on his staff has had conversations with NFL teams, he divulged that university officials have.
He declined to reveal the extent of the conversations but said "it doesn't make much difference if they [NFL] come in 2015 or 2016 in terms of our renovation of the Coliseum because we have a lot of work to do before we start that. If they come in 2016, great."
Haden said the cost of renovations to the Coliseum are being determined. The project could begin in 2017.
A quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams from 1976-1981, Haden said that if any team relocates, he'd love to see his former franchise back in southern California.
"I still see people wearing Ram paraphernalia around here... If a team were to come back, for me personally having played for the Rams, I'd love to have the Rams come back."
During the interview, Haden also said he intends to remain the university's athletic director for at least one more year but that he'd like to have "two more careers" after this one is complete.
"I've been through this terrible morass and dark cloud that's hung over the athletic department with NCAA sanctions for four years, and I owe it to myself to give me one year where we don't have that," he said.
Haden was hospitalized twice in August 2014, but described his current health as "very good." He revealed that he was much more concerned about his condition last fall.
"Quite honestly I thought I was having a heart attack, had a bunch of chest pains and it turned out it wasn't. It's just another condition I have to manage... but it doesn't affect me in any way."
Federal investigators are revealing to the NBC4 I-Team the brand-new, high-tech gadgets that identity thieves are using to rip people off at Southern California ATMs and gas stations.
The devices are the latest skimmers, tools that electronically capture a victim's personal information. Global losses from skimming are estimated at more than $2 billion annually, according to a report by the U.S. Secret Service.
Be the first to see Randy Mac's next investigation. Criminals are posing as parents to steal from would-be babysitters and nannies. How to spot the scammers. Tonight at 6 on NBC4.
It happened to Los Angeles graphic designer Sue Black. She was checking her finances recently when a discrepancy caught her eye.
"All of a sudden, I was like, 'Oh no,'" she said.
There were unrecognizable purchases for hundreds of dollars on her debit card, a card she hadn't lost or reported stolen.
"Identity theft. I never thought it would happen to me," Black said. "And it did."
Police told Black her debit card had been skimmed somewhere — either at her ATM or a gas pump. And the I-Team has learned thieves are coming up with surprising new ways to commit this crime.
"We're seeing things that are made using 3-D technology," U.S. Secret Service agent Steve Scarince told NBC4.
Scarince showed Mac several examples of the latest skimming devices criminals have been attaching to ATMs, gas pumps and grocery store debit card readers.
"This was made from a simple mold, and when the number was captured here, there was another device with a pinhole camera that was capturing your pin as you entered it," Scarince explained, pointing to one of the devices. "Then, using a pinhole camera, they would look down on your key pad and capture your pin."
The I-Team obtained Secret Service surveillance video, which showed how the camera can be mounted inside the molding of an ATM, at an angle customers would never notice.
Scarince also showed NBC4 a gadget that can steal your information at secured, indoor ATM locations that require the swipe of a card to enter.
"They retrofitted this with their own skimming device on the inside," he said. "It's amazing how fast it actually attached to the door slider."
Once they've captured your information, thieves can produce replicas of your debit card in seconds, using cheap card stock and a printer; within minutes, they can start draining your account.
"We've seen people sit at an ATM for 45 to 50 minutes, downloading $40,000 to $50,000 in cash," Scarince said.
Despite wreaking financial havoc on millions of consumers, skimmers often escape tough sentencing because their crime is not violent.
"Kind of our unofficial slogan is 'death by a thousand cuts,'" Scarince said. "We have to arrest you two or three times before it actually sticks."
The damage certainly sticks. About $5,000 was taken from Black's account before she and her bank put a stop to it.
She had a message for the thieves who left her poorer, but wiser:
"I hope you really needed it buddy," she said. "Because I did. I hope you needed it more than I did."